Suspects Questioned in Sheriff Killing Bank Robbery Plot
Batesville Arkansas report notes two men and a woman detained for questioning after a red sedan linked to the West Flavis Missouri Sheriff C R Kelly murder case. West Plains details reveal a planned bank hold up tied to a Tulsa gang and a hiding place found two miles south of Thayer Missouri with a bank interior plan. Arrested youth Robert Gross, connected to Memphis and Jonesboro, is reported by Paragould businessmen as a potential witness or confederate.
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Batesville
Ark
C. R. Kelly
West Flavis
Missouri
West Plains
C. Roy Kelly
First National Bank
Tulsa
Okla
Thayer
First ‘National Bank
I ‘Bank
Robert Gross
Gross
Perie
Mhétwaen
Jetesboro,vArk
Busiss
Paragould
Bend
Robert Oss
Memphis Ten
Arkanage
M. College
Jonesboro
Santa Letters Move Wanderers to Write
A Hope Star editor recounts a wandering writer composing this Santa Claus letters feature. The piece highlights children’s prayers and desires for practical gifts, urging readers to remember the poor and reflect on kindness during Christmas week.
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Santa
Star
Bird Roofing Car on Display Here
Bird Roofing display arrives at Hope Retail Lumber Yard in Hapel as Bird & Son shows the Expanse Demonstration Car. Chicago rep G. Wikelund and Bird & Son state rep B. Jorris headline a Monday visit with Mehreveport origin, illustrating how the car expands to form a portable salesroom for Bird Asphalt Roofings and related products.
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Hapel
Bird & Son
Hope Retail Lumber Yard
Lumiber Yard
Aytors
G. Wikelund
Chicago
Hope
Mehreveport
B. Jorris
Marshall Field & Co
Mied & Son
U. S
George Washingyn
East
Canada
Harbin
Hope Retail Lumime Yard
Prompt Action on Hoover Reconstruction Plan
Senate leaders from both parties met with President Hoover at the White House to pledge prompt action after Christmas on a proposed half billion dollar reconstruction corporation. Hoover urged earliest consideration to boost national prosperity.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
White House
School Girl Found In Hotel After Disappearance
Virginia Penfield, a 43 year old school girl who vanished last Thursday was found Monday at the Narragansett Hotel in Providence Rhode Island. Her father has been advised she arrived there dazed and ill.
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Philadelphia
Virginia Penfield
Narraganset Hotel
Providence
Rhode Island
Many New Cotton Uses Discovered
George A. Sloan of the Cotton-Textile Institute outlined a worldwide push for new cotton applications. He cited U S progress in fabric design, European interest, and uses from letterheads to menus. International exchanges include England, France, Germany, Spain, and Egypt.
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New York
George A. Sloan
The
Cotton-Textile Institute
Europe
South America
Canada
Far East
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
United States
England
France
Holland
Switzerland
Egypt
Spain
Texas
South Carolina
Germany
India
Burnley
Lancashire
Two Brothers Held After Store Burglary Attempt in Linden
J Z and Sa Starnes, brothers from Dallas, were jailed in Cass County on charges tied to an attempted burglary at Howe Wholesale Grocery in Linden. Three men attempted to load merchandise onto a truck. a fourth fled as bullets were fired by night watchman Lee Jett and Deputy Sheriff John Baucum. Only one entered the store, others guarded outside. a third man escaped. Both brothers denied involvement, truck and car had fictitious Dallas licenses, and numbers were altered.
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Atlanta
Texas
J. Z
Sa Starnes
Dallas
Cass County
Linden
Howe Wholesale Grocery’ Company
Lee Jett
John Baucum
Jett
Baucum
Sam Starnes
Ode Linden
Ludie
Roberts
T. A. Hows
Nat Cartwright
Cartwright
Grape cuttings offered at cost to South Arkansas farmers
The Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station plans to distribute several thousand pruned grape cuttings at actual cost to farmers in South Arkansas. Last year, 700 farmers received cuttings. About 75 varieties are tested to identify best for home and commercial use, with 20 to 30 cuttings mailed on request for 25 cents to cover costs.
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Fruit and Truck Branch ExPeriment Station
South Arkansas
G. W. Ware
Hope
Hubbard
Herbert
Campbell
Earry Daisy
Niagara
Ellen Scott
Delaware
Sam Damtron
Concord
Fruit and Truck Branch
Hupe
Masonic Lodge Meeting Postponed to Later Date
A Masonic Lodge meeting announced for Monday night December 21 has been postponed to a later date. The notice came from W. M. A. J. Neighbours who spoke in the announcement.
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Masonic Lodge
A.J. Neighbours
W. M
Famous Captain Cooley Dies Aboard river steamer legend Ouachita
Captain L. V. Cooley aged 16? died in New Orleans hospital after being stricken in Columbia Louisiana while en route from Camden. He guided the steamer Ouachita revival of river traffic to Camden, famed for decades. Survived by widow Sophie and four children Sophie, Esther, Laveriette, and Henry B. Cooley.
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Gamden
L. V. Cooley
Ouachita
Camden
New Orleans
Columbia
Captain Cooley
Roark Bradford
America
Mark Twain
Carden
Arkansas
Sophie Bell
Sophie Cooley
Sophie Wright
Esther Cruley
Natchitoches Normal School
Laverviette
Slidell
Henry B. Cooley
State Highway Department
Three Ohioans killed at a railroad crossing
Three men from Frankfort Ohio were killed by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train at a crossing near Roxabell Ohio. The victims were Donald Hyer Dejana Hyer and Harl Davis all aged 25 to 30. Davis and Daluna Hyer were married.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Frankfort
Baltimore and Hil
Roxabell
Here
Donald Hyer
Dejona Hyex
Harl Davis
Goodfellows Club Adds Members to Reach 211
Ten more names joined the Goodfellows roll over the weekend increasing membership to 211 for the season. Funds from gifts will be used by Mrs. Arch Moore and her committee to buy and distribute Christmas Eve presents to the city’s needy. Donations of farm produce are welcomed and may be sent to Mem. Moore and committee.
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Goodfellows Club
Arch Moore
Goodfellows
Canadian youth kills mother and sister then commits suicide
In Alberta near Rumsey, 16-year-old Robert Tolman shot his mother L. G. Tolman and 6-year-old Teresa Tolman, then killed himself. A letter found by his father after the tragedy contained his confession and a note claiming his parents were the best. Police seek motive as relatives recount the events and a denied Christmas party may have sparked the tragedy.
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Robert
Rumsey
Move to Give Wheat to Charity in U S
A Senate committee moved to lift restrictions between the hungry and the Farm Board's vast wheat stockpile. With board approval, the Agriculture Committee backed a measure to donate 40,000,000 bushels to charity amid a 189,000,000 bushel reserve from stabilization actions and foreign sales.
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U. S
Washington
A_ senate coimue
Farm Board
Stone
Agriculture Commmittee
Ebon
Man Who Shot Constable La Week Is S Man
Washington bulletins report Cotton crop ginned totals for the year with Arkansas ginning figures. Milan Italy notes the death of Arnaldo Mussolini at 46 after leaving Popolo D’Italia. Piggott Arkansas records death of State Senator Raymond E. Spence from pneumonia. Little Rock notes Ashton G Sadier named deputy clerk of the supreme court to replace late J Harry Campbell, effective January 1.
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Little Rock
Ashton G. Sadier
van Buren
Supreme Court
J. Harry Campbell
Petition on Bank Records Granted in Hempstead Chancery
The petition to liquidate the defunct Arkansas Bank & Trust Co. and require an itemized statement of all receipts and disbursements was granted by Chancellor C. E. Johnson in Hempstead chancery court Washington Monday morning. Plaintiffs are A. C. Monts John Kent and others. The hearing was postponed due to absent representation.
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Spain
Arkansas Bank & Trust Co
C. E. Johnson
Hempstead Chancery Court
Washington
Hempstead
A. C. Monts
John Kent
Monroe & Carrigan
Atkins
Harry Lemley
the Star
Monts
E. F. McFaddin
A. A. Gentry
Carrigan to Lead Democratic Drive
The Democratic National Committee named Steve Carrigan of Hope to chair the 1932 state victory fund drive starting January 14. Allan Kennedy will serve as a minute man in Fort Smith, with other district leaders to be chosen by Carrigan. The committee emphasized the state's need to meet the campaign quota amid tough economic conditions.
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Washington
D. C
Vhe
Democratic National Committee
Steve Carrigan
Hope
Allan Kennedy
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Carrigan
National Committee
Democratic Party
Booneville Gunfire Slays Constable and Deputies
In Booneville Arkansas, an armed assailant believed to be the slayer of Constable Montmore Paris shot and killed two deputized citizens in the Rat Cafe early Monday. Creekmore was killed after stopping a car linked to liquor hunting. A man identified only as Wilson opened fire, wounding Creekmore before he died. Police pursue the suspect, while a second man was wounded. Further details sketchy amid chaotic morning.
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Booneville
Ark
Montmore
Paris
Creekmore
Wilson
Cotton market holds steady with higher December quotes
Memphis reports December 12 to 18 trading showed a steady undertone with prices about one eighth of a cent higher than December 11. Demand remained moderate as buyers queried the lower grade cotton due to ginning after bad weather. Spot sales reached 169,945 bales, while domestic consumption in November totaled 428,870 bases. Stocks in consuming establishments stood at 1.4 million bales on November 30.
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Memphis
U. S. Department Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
Restraining Order Blocks Cotton Freight Rate Cuts
Federal Judge Martineau signed a temporary restraining order at Little Rock blocking the Arkansas Railroad Commission from lowering freight rates on cotton hauled by Arkansas railroads. The order, issued December 9 and effective December 16 for a month, applies to uncompressed cotton at a rate of one dollar five cents per bale to ease shipments by rail.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Railroad Commission
Martineau
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